Patagonian Steppe

The End of The World - Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego

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February 16th 2009
Get ready, this is a really, really long one!! Think of it like a few blogs in one, print it out and read it in bed! As I may have hinted in the last blog Ruta 40 was neither magical nor legendary, rather, it was the longest, most boring journey you could ever take! Please, if you are considering how to get from Bariloche to El Chalten or vice versa - for the love of god, fly! For t ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more